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TIL Game designer Will Wright was inspired to create a “virtual doll house” after losing his home during the Oakland firestorm of 1991 and subsequently rebuilding his life. Replacing his home and his other possessions made him think about adapting that life experience into a game, called ‘The Sims’.

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